Higher Education or Vocational Training? An Empirical Test of the Rational Action Model of Educational Choices Suggested by Breen and Goldthorpe and Esser.

Our aim in this article is to reveal crucial factors affecting the access to higher education claimed in rational action theories in Germany. Data on the educational choices of high school graduates in Saxony support the basic assumptions of the rational choice model suggested by Esser and by Breen...

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Published in:	Acta Sociologica (Sage Publications, Ltd.) Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 25 - 46
Main Authors:	Becker, Rolf, Hecken, Anna Etta
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Mar2009
Subjects:	Higher education Social classes Social status Rational choice theory Social choice Bounded rationality
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